The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 161
BEACH AND SHORE PRESERVATION

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F.S. 161.151

161.151 Definitions; ss. 161.141-161.211.—As used in ss. 161.141-161.211:

(1) “Board of trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

(2) “Requesting authority” means any coastal county, municipality, or beach erosion control district which requests a survey by the board of trustees under the provisions of ss. 161.141-161.211.

(3) “Erosion control line” means the line determined in accordance with the provisions of ss. 161.141-161.211 which represents the landward extent of the claims of the state in its capacity as sovereign titleholder of the submerged bottoms and shores of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the bays, lagoons and other tidal reaches thereof on the date of the recording of the survey as authorized in s. 161.181.

(4) “Authorized beach restoration project” means a beach project authorized by the United States Congress or the department which involves a specific project engineering design and a project maintenance program for a period of not less than 10 years.

History.—s. 2, ch. 70-276; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 2, ch. 82-144.

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Amendments to 161.151

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 161.151

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 161.151.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, v. BEACH GROUP INVESTMENTS, LLC,, 201 So. 3d 679 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . .” § 161.151(3), Fla. Stat. . . .

P. DONOVAN, v. OKALOOSA COUNTY,, 82 So. 3d 801 (Fla. 2012)

. . . See § 161.151(3), Fla. Stat. (defining “erosion control line”). . . .

WALTON COUNTY, v. STOP BEACH RENOURISHMENT, INC. v., 998 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. 2008)

. . . . § 161.151(3), Fla. Stat. (2005); see also § 161.141, Fla. Stat. (2005). . . . . Specifically, section 161.151, Florida Statutes (2005), defines an ECL, or "erosion control line,” as . . .

WALLACE CORPORATION, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, 793 So. 2d 1134 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Stat. (1997); see also § 161.151(3), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . .